Display and vending method and device



May 17, 1932. H. H. McKEE ET AL 1,859,270

DISPLAY AND VENDING METHOD AND DEVICE Filed Sept. 16; 1929 2' 6: W ma q r Patented May 17, 1932 urrs]; STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY HQHCKEE AND CHARLES T. TAJL'IER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASS IGNORE, BY

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO INDUSTRIAL PATENTS CORPORATION, OF CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE DISPLAY AND VENDING METHOD AND DEVICE Application fled September-.16, 1928. Serial No. 893,065.

This invention relates to merchandisin and particularly to displaying of standar ized package goods, such as meats and various other goods which re uire refrigeration.

5 The main-objects 0 this invention are to provide an improved cabinet for vending packaged meat and displaying a sample of such meats under refrigeration; to provide im roved closures for delivery outlets of the refiiigerated, self-service vending cabinets of the type shown in our co-pendmg applications, Serial Nos. 391,474 and 392,314, filed September 9, 1929, and September 13, 1929; to provide a closure of this kind in which a specimen of meat may be permanently retained under refrigeration'and in the view of a customer; to provide means for retaining a specimen in close proximity to a sightopening in a door of a refrigerated cabinet so as to ermit the entire specimen to be displayed throu h a substantially restricted o ning, there y minimizing the interchange 0 heat between .the interior and exterior of the cabinet; to provide for refrigeration of such specimens; and to provide a device of this kind in which one specimen may be conveniently replaced by another.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, whFerein f igure-l is a ra entar ers ctive view of a cabinet wall iiibodyin g ou i' improved delivery outlet closure.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 22 of Fi 1.

Fig. 3 is a Era mentary perspective view of a refrigeratef cabinet showing another. form of our improved delivery outlet closure.

In the formshown in Figs. 1 and 2, the wall 1 represents a section of a cylindrical housing of the type shown in our co-pending application. Serial No. 387 ,614, filed August 22, 1929, which is provided with spaced de-' livery outlets. This wall includes spaced inner and outer wall members 2 and 3 respectively, through which the delivery outlet 1' extends.

Each delivery outlet is provided with a closure or door 4 preferably comprising sheet metal, which is secured to the outer wall 3 of the housing by hinges 5. The door 4 is substantially as thick as thefwall 1 and has spaced inner and outer sides 6 and 7 respectxvely through which a cylindrical passage 8 extends. A transparent member 8.1 is mounted on the outer side 7 of the do'orat the end of the passage 8.

Rigidly mounted on the inner side of the front wall 7 of the-door, is a container or basket 9, which comprises open work or foraminous perfiatory material such as.

screening. The basket is substantially c lindrical in form and its sides are s aced rom the sides of the passage 8 for a lowing the circulation of refrigeratedair through the basket. Mounted on the inner end of the basket is a hinged end member or door 10, having a latch 11 by which the end member is secured in a closed position. A specimen or meatsample 12 may be placed in the container 9 and secured in a desired back of. the sight open: of the cor by means of string wire, or ot er suitable means not shown in the drawin s. a

In the form shown in ig. 3 aclosure 13, of planular shape, is secured by a hingel to the top of a substantially rectangular refrigerated cabinet 15, which has an inclined front wall 16. The closure-13 covers a discharge outlet formed in the inclined front wall 16, and is provided with a sight opening and a container 9 for retaining a sample or specimen of the contents of the cabinet in close proximity to the sight opening throu h which it may be seen by a customer. e erflatory walls of the container 8 admit rerigerated air from the interior of the cabinet, thereby retaining the sample 12 under refrigeration.

In the practice of this invention a customer passes along the front of a vending cabinet, and by visual examinationof the samples 12, he selects the kind of meat he desires to urchase. The customer may then 0 n the c osure and reach into the bins with w ich the respective delivery outlets register and remove as many packages of meat as he desires. l

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention is herein shown and described,

sition it is to be understood that numerous details of the construction and method set forth may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as defined by the packaged meats .comprisinga housing hav- 7 ing adelivery-outlet, a. closure for said outlet having a sight opening therein, and a perfiatory basket carried by said closure in the sight opening thereof for containing and displaying a specimen ofsaid packaged meats, said basket being provided. at the inner end with a door to afford access to the interior of the basket and being spaced from the walls of the sight opening to permit cold a air to circulate around the sides of the hasket and throughout the latter. 3. A refrigerated vending. cabinet comprisingahousing having a wall with spaced innerand outer wall members, said wall being provided with a delivery; outlet, a closure for; said outlet of susbtantially the same thickness as the wall, of the housing providediwith a passagethrough-itconstitutinga ed att sight 0 ening, a. trans arent member mounted at't eouter end 0 the passage and closing the same, and aperflatory basket rigidly mounted on the door inthe passage thereof in rear of the transparent member and spaced from the walls of the passage to permit cold air to circulate around, thersides of the basket and throughout the latter.v i

4. A refrigerated vendi g cabinet comrising a housing having a wall with spaced inner and outer wall members, said wall being provided with a delivery outlet, a closure for said outlet of substantially the same thickness as the wall of the housing provided with a passage through it constituting a sight opening, a trans arent member mounte outer end 0 the passage and closing the same, and a perfiatory basket rigidly mounted onthe door in the passage thereof in rear of the transparent member and spaced from the walls of the passage to permit cold air to circulate around the sides of thebasket and throughout the latter, the rear end of the basket projecting slightly inwardly beyond the inner wall member of the housing and havin a door to afford access to the interior of t e basket. 7 1

.5. A refrigerated vending cabinet comprising a housing having a wall with spaced inner and outer wall members, said wall being provided with a delivery outlet, a closure for said outlet of substantially the same thickness as the wall of the housing provided with a cylindrical passage through it constituting a sight opening, a transparent member mounted at the outer end of the passage and closing'the same, and aperfiatorv basket rigidly mounted on the outer wall member of the door and arranged within the said passage in spacedrelation with the walls of the passage to permit cold air to circulate around the sides of the basket and throughout the latter, said basket being adapted to contain and display a specimen of;the packaged meat.

Signed'at Chicago this 10th day of Sep 

